On November 25th, 1976, Robbie Robertson, Levon Helm, Richard Manuel, Garth Hudson and Rick Danko performed live for the last time as The Band. The concert took place at the Winterland Ballroom in San Francisco.
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A parade of top notch talent at the time joined them on stage including but not limited to Bob Dylan, Neil Young, Van Morrison, Eric Clapton and Joni Mitchell.
Martin Scorsese filmed it and a documentary was released nearly two years later. In 2019 the film was selected by the Library of Congress for preservation in the National Film Registry.
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